Patterns

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Boogie Woogie

Salsa

Swing & Rock’n'Roll

  • Advanced class spring 2009
    • Right-right hold, lady passes man’s right side while turning and then swings out
    • Right-right hold, the man does a low stop and turns his back towards the lady, he can then turn counterclockwise
    • Under the hand and out and then straight up to a high stop
    • Shut up catch
    • Shut up catch – lady turns back to a low right-right stop
    • Under the hand and out – lady turns halfway back – man turns – lady turns
    • Under the hand and out and then straight up to a high stop with a man’s counterclockwise turn
    • Under the hand and out – back into the right pocket  – backstep and then kick alternately forward and toward each other
    • Lady turns into man’s right pocket and then leans on his right side
    • Shut up catch where the man stops the lady by catching her left forearm
    • Lady turns – man turns from a right-right hold, the lady turns counterclockwise past the man’s right side, the man then catches her left upper arm with his left arm and uses that leverage to turn, clockwise
    • Lady turns through
    • Lady is stopped on the man’s chest
    • Lady rolls along the man’s back
    • Tango dip
    • Right-right hold, man turns lady towards him and stops her by placing his hands firmly on her hips. The man lifts the lady up and kicks between her legs
    • Right-right hold, man turns lady into his right pocket and takes up the left-left hold. He then leads her backwards out of the pocket and then presses her away from him with the left-left hold
  • Beginners class fall 2009
    • Basicstep (to and from)
    • Under the arm and out
    • Roll between elbows
    • Roll between elbows, lead only uses his right hand
    • Roll between elbows, lead only uses his right hand and turns
    • Low right hand stop
    • High stop
    • Low stop on leaders right hip
    • Change to right-right grip (3 ways)
    • Routine
      • Follow goes under the arm and out and when she comes back the lead turns half a circle and places lady’s right hand on his left shoulder
      • Lead steps forward with his left foot and follow back with her right foot at the same time as the lead lets go of the followers hand, which slides to leader’s right hand behind him
      • Follow steps in her left foot and stops at leader’s back while the leader steps back with his right foot
      • Follow turns regular clockwise turn and the lead follows her with left turn and stops her in swing position
    • Klap, hook and stop
    • Leader sends the follower in swing to his right side and then the follower rolls in front of leader and ends in swing position on the left hand side
    • Wide
    • Under the arm and out – follower turn half way back – leader turns – follower turns
    • Complication
  • Advanced class fall 2009
    • nr. 1
    • nr. 2
  • Beginners class spring 2010
    • step 1
    • step 2
  • Advanced class spring 2010
  • Beginners class fall 2010
    • Step 1
    • Step 2
  • Advanced class fall 2010
    • Step 1
    • Step 2
  • Beginners class spring 2011
    • Step 1
    • Step 2
  • Advanced class spring 2011
    • Step 1
    • Step 2

Lindy Hop

West Coast Swing  

  • Beginners class spring 2011
    • Right side pass
    • Tuck turn
    • Tuck turn with a hand fling and a head whip
    • Sugarpush
    • Sugarpush from a right-right handhold and we loop the handhold over the follower’s head
    • Left side pass
    • Dip from a left side pass where the leader lunges
    • Whip
    • Free spin
    • Free spin with a wrap-in where the follower ducks and optionally does a head whip
    • The follower is led into an open break in front of leader. Starts from an open position with a crossed handhold (with the right on top)
  • Intermediate class spring 2011
    • Left side pass
    • Left side pass with an inside turn
    • Dip from a left side pass where the leader lunges
    • Tuck turn
    • Tuck turn with a revolving catch, ending with a free spin
    • Overrotation from a right side pass setting up an open break allowing for a free spin on the spot for the follow
    • Left side pass in closed
    • Sugarpush in closed
    • Right side pass from open to closed
    • Tuck turn from closed to open
    • Tuck out
    • Lazy man tuck (optionally with a flair)
  • 20′s Charleston hlið við hlið
  • 20′s Charleston fyrir framan hvert annað
  • 20′s Charleston fyrir framan hvert annað með hægri snúning fyrir dömu
  • 20′s Charleston fyrir framan hvert annað með hægri snúning fyrir herra
  • 30′s Charleston ein
  • 30′s Charleston hlið við hlið
  • 30′s Charleston hlið við hlið með spark í gegn
  • Grunn skref í lokaðri Lindy stöðu (rock step, triple step, triple step)
  • “Tuck turn” úr lokaðri Lindy stöðu
  • “Change of place” úr opinni Lindy stöðu
  • “Send out” úr lokaðri Lindy stöðu
  • “Left side pass” úr opinni Lindy stöðu
  • “Change of place into closed” úr opinni Lindy stöðu í lokaða Lindy stöðu